From: Konrad Meyer <konrad@...>
Date: 2008-01-19T11:40:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking for code to determine length of audio files

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Quoth Rick DeNatale:
> I'm working on a project which has the requirement to automatically
> determine the runtime of audio files in several formats, right now mp3
> and aac.
>=20
> I googled around to see if there might be some existing code,
> hopefully ruby code which can determine this, but I'm coming up dry.
>=20
> Any ideas?
>=20
> --=20
> Rick DeNatale
>=20
> My blog on Ruby
> http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/


Take a look at the metadata gem. It harnesses several libraries to provide=
=20
meta-information from a wide variety of formats. Not sure if runtime length=
=20
is stored in the file's metadata but it may serve your needs.

HTH,
=2D-=20
Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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